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Re: psutils ELF package release



Dale Scheetz writes ("psutils ELF package release"):
> As I have not yet obtained the upstream source, I have been unable to 
> create a diff file for this package (I had to fake out dchanges with a 
> fraud .diff.gz file).

Do not upload the package without a diff.  It's incomplete.  Please
get the original source - the debian.README says where.

>   It is my understanding (please correct me if I am 
> incorrect) that the .diff file is to reflect the difference between the 
> debian source and the original upstream source so that the original 
> source can be recreated from the debian source. Asside from the debian 
> control files this source is the same as the previous version.

No, the .diff is to build the Debian package from the source, and to
see what changed.

Ian M.: please don't move any of these packages with fake diffs.

Ian.


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